A newly published report reviews the techniques available for evaluating national performance in basic research and applies these techniques to solid state physics and genetics.
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Evaluation of National Performance in Basic research. A Review of Techniques for Evaluating National Performance in Basic research, with Case Studies in Genetics and Solid State Physics (ABRC Science Policy Studies No 1 Advisory Board for the Research Councils, London, 1986).
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Smith, D., Collins, P., Hicks, D. et al. National performance in basic research. Nature 323, 681–684 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/323681a0
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